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DS development > Wireless sd card

#50557 - JackSkellington - Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:22 pm

i was searching around at walmart and there is there is this wireless sd card[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

do you think it could be connected to the nds?

#50562 - natrium42 - Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:48 pm

Are the specifications/drivers open?
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#50565 - lambi1982 - Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:04 pm

Whats the point, the DS has 802.11b

" Just figure out the damn code" im sorry, I know this line was in some movie i just cant remember which one....

LOL, thats like adding an engine to your car just because you dont have a key.

that would be great though, A DS with a PassME--> serial port --->SD port----> wifi card.... great so I can go to a freakin Starbucks or whatever hotspot..(Airport) pull out my DS and get shot..

CAUSE THEY WOULD THINK I HAD A BOMB

All cause I couldnt wait for the damn code ;)

the end.......
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#50567 - natrium42 - Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:13 pm

You mean something like the electronics gear of Steve Mann from the airport security fame? ;)
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#50582 - JackSkellington - Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:23 pm

natrium42 do you think you could connect a sd card slot to your serial interface

#50583 - natrium42 - Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:30 pm

JackSkellington wrote:
natrium42 do you think you could connect a sd card slot to your serial interface

Definitely ;)

DS EEPROM uses SPI which SD cards support. SD can be connected directly to matching lines without any electronics.
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#50585 - JackSkellington - Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:36 pm

awsome got i got a couple ideas

#50598 - tepples - Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:38 am

natrium42 wrote:
DS EEPROM uses SPI which SD cards support. SD can be connected directly to matching lines without any electronics.

True, all SD memory cards support SPI, but SD memory cards also support several proprietary protocols. Do SDIO cards such as this 802.11b card support SPI as well as the proprietary protocols?
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#50604 - JackSkellington - Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:13 am

i found that there are downloadable drivers for this

#50605 - josath - Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:17 am

JackSkellington wrote:
i found that there are downloadable drivers for this

uhh, do they provide nintendo ds versions of the drivers? my guess is no

#50608 - natrium42 - Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:53 am

tepples wrote:
natrium42 wrote:
DS EEPROM uses SPI which SD cards support. SD can be connected directly to matching lines without any electronics.

True, all SD memory cards support SPI, but SD memory cards also support several proprietary protocols. Do SDIO cards such as this 802.11b card support SPI as well as the proprietary protocols?


I was mainly talking about memory cards... but SPI is mandatory for SDIO:
http://www.sandisk.com/pdf/oem/SD_SDIO_specsv1.pdf
DS card IRQ line can be used for SDIO interrupt.
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#50628 - TJ - Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:03 am

Really, what is the point with wasting time on this, the DS has built in WiFi hardware.

#50632 - XEvilBladesX - Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:00 am

I was reading an article about DS Wi-Fi play the other day on some game mag, and there was a picture of the President of Nintendo holding a DS with Mario Kart DS, and I saw something black sticking out of the DS Slot, it was much bigger than a DS cartridge. So im hypothesising that in order for your DS to play online, there will be extra hardware. Im not sure though.

#50633 - tatsui - Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:07 am

XEvilBladesX wrote:
I was reading an article about DS Wi-Fi play the other day on some game mag, and there was a picture of the President of Nintendo holding a DS with Mario Kart DS, and I saw something black sticking out of the DS Slot, it was much bigger than a DS cartridge. So im hypothesising that in order for your DS to play online, there will be extra hardware. Im not sure though.


maybe a devloppment cartridge too ;) Same thing at the E3 presentation of nintendogs, no?

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#50634 - JackSkellington - Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:10 am

yes the ds does run wifi but but if a sd card slot put into a passme there could be lots more avalble

#50660 - BLKGHOST - Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:26 pm

Quote:
I was reading an article about DS Wi-Fi play the other day on some game mag, and there was a picture of the President of Nintendo holding a DS with Mario Kart DS, and I saw something black sticking out of the DS Slot, it was much bigger than a DS cartridge. So im hypothesising that in order for your DS to play online, there will be extra hardware. Im not sure though.


I was more thinking it was a device to get the image on the big screen.

#50683 - TJ - Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:42 pm

Quote:
I was reading an article about DS Wi-Fi play the other day on some game mag, and there was a picture of the President of Nintendo holding a DS with Mario Kart DS, and I saw something black sticking out of the DS Slot, it was much bigger than a DS cartridge. So im hypothesising that in order for your DS to play online, there will be extra hardware. Im not sure though.


That was just a development cartridge.

There is no extra hardware needed to make the DS connect with a WiFi AP. It is WiFi-capable out of the box.